GPs at the Deep End

摘要

The ‘GPs at the Deep End’ have the laudable aim of reducing health inequalities. Watt hypothesises there is an inequitable distribution of GPs in deprived areas.1 He suggests that deprived areas require more GPs than affluent areas because the high disease prevalence in deprived areas leads to greater GP workload. We would like to challenge the assumption that deprivation is the main influence on GP workload. We believe at least four other factors influence this and that the four factors have complex interactions.